# De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv) 157-158

Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), 157 to 158. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-specialibus-legibus-lib-i-iv/157

οὐ πρότερον γοῦν εἴασεν ὁ νόμος αὐταῖς χρῆσθαι τοὺς λαβόντας ἢ πάλιν ἄλλας δεκάτας ὡς ἀπὸ κτημάτων ἰδίων ἀπάρξασθαι καὶ δοῦναι τοῖς τῆς ἀμείνονος τάξεως ἱερεῦσι· τηνικαῦτα γὰρ ἐφῆκεν ἀπολαύειν, πρότερον δ’ οὐκ ἐᾷ. ἀπένειμε δὲ καὶ πόλεις αὐτοῖς ὀκτὼ πρὸς ταῖς τεσσαράκοντα καὶ καθ’ ἑκάστην προάστεια εἰς δισχιλίους πήχεις ἐν κύκλῳ πρὸς νομὰς θρεμμάτων καὶ τὰς ἄλλας ὧν δεῖ πόλεσιν ἀναγκαίας ὑπηρεσίας. ἐκ δὲ τούτων ἀπεκληρώθησαν ἕξ, αἱ μὲν ἐκτὸς αἱ δὲ ἐντὸς Ἰορδάνου τοῦ ποταμοῦ, τρεῖς ἑκατέρωθεν, εἰς καταφυγὴν τοῖς ἀκούσιον φόνον δράσασιν.

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Philo Judaeus, De specialibus legibus (lib. i‑iv), ed. Leopold Cohn, Paul Wendland. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0018.tlg024.local001/.